This overall-good flick from Porn Star Legends offers up the same four scenes as those found in "The Golden Age of Porn: Victoria Paris", just in a different order. See my review for that compilation (linked in the review), as it will work for this one, as well.

The mischievous, barbarian chieftan, Randy Spears, and his hell-raising horde will stop at nothing to rend a powerful, magical crystal from the hands of its rightful owners in "The New Barbarian", a very good, 1990 release from VCA and Henri Pachard. With its inexplicable ability to bring about time-travel, this sexually-fueled gem is certainly a prize worth seeking...and, for Victoria Paris and her peaceful people, a prize worth protecting. A blend of sex and (mild) violence ensues, as the two groups wrestle for control of the piece. Harking back to the days of the old barbarian films of the 1980s while concomitantly mixing in that same era's pornographic charm, this one is most certainly rife with nostalgic value. The sex is also steamy...again, in that 80s style...and seeing Victoria Paris sex it up in her prime is always a welcomed occurrence. For the right crowd--fans of 80s fantasy, porno nostalgia, Victoria Paris, and / or quirky features--this one is worthy.

Title: Hot House Rose 1 Company: VCA (LFP, Inc.) Length: 77 minutes VHS Release: December 1991 DVD Release: August 2005 Condoms: None Director: Henri Pachard Director of Photography: Alex DeRenzy Written by: Raven Touchstone BOXCOVER SYNOPSIS: Liz Harris is more than just a fan of porn superstar Hothouse Rose. She's obsessed. In her private life, Liz stalks the bars for men to help her re-enact Rose's wildest scenes-and finds plenty of willing participants. But that's not enough to satisfy Liz's desire, which can only be fully quenched by taking on Hothouse Rose herself in a climax that will leave you in complete suspense...until Part Two. THE MOVIE: From what little information I had going into this one, I was expecting All About Eve (1950). Instead, I got something closer to Desperately Seeking Susan (1985).

THE SEDUCTION OF MARY (1992, VCA) is a rather ordinary title for what is actually an intricately woven tale of lawyer Mary Johnson (Victoria Paris) falling under the seductive spell of erotica author Marshall Solomen (Mike Horner) or does she? Director Michael Craig also gets screenwriting credit along with Leslie Black for a xxx film that actually uses the sexual situations to help advance this erotic tale to a conclusion that, although not totally satisfying, tops nearly every feature uncorked by today's major studios. Standard frame. No condoms. Few extras. 1 hour 24 minutes.

Title: Seduction of Mary Company: VCA (LFP, Inc.) Length: 83 minutes VHS Release: September 1992 DVD Release: July 2005 Condoms: None Director: Michael Craig Written by: Leslie Black and Michael Craig BOXCOVER SYNOPSIS: Victoria Paris is a high-powered entertainment exec. with a new client an erotic novelist named Marshall Solomon (Mike Horner). At first her relationship with the author is all business. But soon, Marshalls written fantasies become reality as Victoria succumbs to the writers charismatic sexualityin more ways than one. THE MOVIE: There is a moment around 3 minutes into Seduction of Mary that is emblematic of the entire film. Mike Horner is seated in front of Cassidy, a short-haired, underappreciated porn star from the early 90s with an amazing ass and a face that now reminds me of a mix between Chelsea Blue and Gina Gershon. He has instructed her to remove her red blouse, and she has nervously complied.

What can be said about Victoria Paris that any fan of erotic cinema doesn't already know? She's stunning, she's sexual, and she's one of the true stars of the 90s era of adult films. Indeed, the athletic blonde was in the first porn that this particular reviewer purchased (Fat Dog's "Slipping It In") back in 1994, and she likely holds a similarly lofty place in the histories of many a porn fan of the era. With that, it's a pleasure to review "The Golden Age of Porn: Victoria Paris", an overall-good compilation from Gentlemen's Video that highlights her storied career.

Strange Curves is a 1989 John Leslie feature recently released on DVD. Considering the original was shot on film, the transfer is very good. Too bad they couldnt improve the storyline and acting, which borders on sophomoric. Joey Silvera comes home from work to find his wife, Victoria Paris, doing two guys, Ray Victory and Buck Adams, in the bedroom. She yells at Joey, tells him she needs more loving, and he leaves. The threesome that ensues is pretty good, with the guys taking turns on the blond bombshell. Finally, Adams comes on her tits and Victory shoots on her ample butt. Despondent Joey drowns his sorrows at a bar where he meets Scott Irish, who complains about his bitch of a sister. The two swap stories of woe and Irish finally suggests they murder each others problem women. Joey declines, saying he loves Victoria. Irishs blond friend, Sasha Strange, interrupts them. When Irish leaves, Joey and Sasha go to her apartment. Her roommate, brunette cutie Kelli Warner, joins them for a threeway.

Running Time: 105 min. Production Date: 07 / 2001 Director: Veronica Hart Cast: Ashlyn Gere, Selena Steele, Brooke Hunter, Dale DaBone, Steven St. Croix, Tom Byron, Rocco Siffredi, Buck Adams, Marc Dick-O-Death Wallice, Tom Chapman, T. T. Boy, Victoria Paris, Mark Davis, and Joey Silvera Initial Expectations: Ashlyn has been one of my favorite starlets for a heck of a long time, and this series has been very well done. Im going in here with high expectations. Initial Reaction: Its one of the best comps Ive ever seen! Who Should Watch It : Anybody whos a fan of Ashlyn or just curious about her Who Should Avoid It: Anybody who wants something on the nastier side of Ashlyn Audio /Video Quality: The audio varies a bit throughout the feature, but the interview comes across crystal clear. The movies themselves come across feeling as good as what they originally sounded to be, but since some of the features are from the early to mid-nineties, they dont always look as good as they might now.

Breast to Breast Highlights: Older damsels, lesbian love, foot fetish, kissing, anal play Data: 2002, Dreamland, 120 minutes Models: Brooke Ashley, Sindee Coxx, Sid Deuce, Sharon Kane, Jacklyn Lick, Missy Mist, Kaylan Nicole, Victoria Paris, Misty Rain, Ashley Renee, Caressa Savage, Sydney St. James, Kelly Trump, Tori Welles Featured Screenshot Special Features Notable Older Damsels: [5/6] Unidentified, but very sexy! Anal Play: [3/6] Two episodes. Quite passionate. Deep Oral Penetration: [5/6] Lots! Nothing to complain about in the regular section of the DVD. Footsies: [6/6] Lord have mercy! Kissing: [3/6] Several episodes, but not nearly enough. Summary Purchase Recommendation: [6/6] Overall Rating: [5/6] Breast to Breast is a compilation that has little to do with breasts per se, despite its title and description. Some of the episodes, and especially the add-ons at the end of the disc, must have been filmed in the 1980s, or before.

Title: Rocket Girls Company: New Machine Length: 79 minutes VHS Release: May 1993 DVD Release: February 2001 Condoms: None Directed by: Stuart Canterbury Director of Photography: Kenny Gibb Written by: Clinton Darke BOXCOVER SYNOPSIS: Send a bunch of young men and women scientists up in a rocket to save the ozone layer and what do you get? An interstellar sex orgy, that's what. Instead of applying their brilliant minds to the problem at hand, our erotic astronauts pose the astronomically ambiguous question: Ever see a Red Giant go into a Black Hole? Prepare for blast off! In space no one can hear you cream. (taken from the 1993 VHS boxcover; even though the original won the AVN award for Best Boxcover Concept, New Machine has thrown it out in favor of a new one with Summer Knights on the cover and no synopsis on the back). THE MOVIE: So, its 1993 and the international Earth summit (United Nations Conference on Environment and Development) has just met. Global warming is a problem, and it is apparently largely due to Western industrialism.

Trouble, the 1989 Vidco release, stars Tori Welles, one of porns steamiest performers of all time. This is a decent flick, as directed by Fred J. Lincoln, but it includes most of the standard porn film clichés of that era. That is, marginal storyline, plenty of large breasted women (not a girl in the bunch), lots of from-behind camera angles (grrrr!), and quick cutaways after the money shot (another grrrr!). Tori wakes up one morning with amnesia, not remembering what she did the previous night, and not having the slightest idea of the identity of the dead guy laying next to her in bed. She splits and meets up with her attorney, Randy West. He tells her to go home, that hell take care of her mess. Next thing you know, Tori is in jail on murder charges. Randy the rat is in cahoots with Jacqueline, a busty brunette/redhead. Turns out its her husband lying in the morgue and theyve set up Tori as the fallgal to inherit his big bucks.

John Leslie's "The Chameleon", which many, including this reviewer, consider his masterpiece, begins with a soothing blues ditty by Bill Reid as the credits go up. We then open with a woman named Diana (Tori Welles) talking to her psychiatrist (Richard Pacheco). It appears that she has sexual problems, although they're not what you would probably imagine. It turns out that Diana's a "chameleon". If you don't know what I mean, just read ahead and you soon will. We then cut into a sizzling sex scene with a woman (April West) taking on two guys (Scott Irish, Axel Horn). After they are finished, the woman goes to the bathroom, where she turns into Diana! She has the ability to change her identities, which she takes to her full advantage. This is much to the chagrin of her boyfriend Marc (Tom Byron), for whom sex is a much more meaningful experience.

The ChameleonAn Official Selection of the Goldmember Masterpiece Collection What is the Masterpiece Collection? I suppose it is my personal pornography Hall of Fame. It is only for those select films that I consider to be at the very pinnacle of the industry. This is an honor reserved only for films that I believe will stand the test of time. The Chameleon - The Details Studio - VCA Director - John Leslie Female Cast - Tori Welles, Victoria Paris, Selena Steele, Debi Diamond, April West, Rose, Pamela, Lynn Francis Male Cast - Peter North, Tom Byron, Buck Adams, Joey Silvera, Axel Horn, Scott Irish, Ray Victory Running Time - 1 hours 15min (approx) Overall Impression This is a true classic! This 1989 film stands the test of time better than I would have ever imagined considering the last time I viewed this masterpiece was over a decade ago. Sure this is a rather bare bones transfer from video to DVD, but the feature is just so well done that I could not resist giving this walk down memory lane a five star score. This film may very well be Tori's best.

* DIRECTOR: John Leslie. * DURATION: »85mins. * STARRING: April West, Debi Diamond, Lynn Francis, Pamela Rose, Selena Steele, Tori Welles & Victoria Paris. The Chameleon is a 1989 porn classic directed by John Leslie and starring the insatiable Tori Welles. I have it on loan from a friend considerably more versed in 80s pornography than myself, but was still quite interested to see it. Unlike other classics Ive reviewed, this one actually turned out OK and succeeded in stimulating body and brain with its eroticism. Definitely a good choice for couples if they can get past the funky hairstyles. Hairstyles aside, the women were natural-looking the only departure from that department being Toris breasts (which were still a sight to behold). The sex wasnt as hot as contemporary offerings but the eroticism was right up there, and there were merits for this film in not just being about inter-genital reciprocation. Tori really carries the day with her performances and voracious appetite.

Starring : Tori Welles, Jamie Summers, Porsche Lynn, Randy Spears, Peter North etc. Directed, photographed, edited and written by : Andrew Blake Running Time : 74 Minutes Review : One of the best-known films of Andrew Blake (and yes, this is shot on glorious 35mm), Night Trips is also his first hardcore outing. All the typical Blake trademarks are here : Fast cutting, beautiful women who are heavily made up and costumized (though less excessively here than usual), and great cinematography and lighting. Indeed, after having been let down by EVERY shot- on-film feature, this was the first that was both properly developed (no extreme grain or bad color correction) and really well shot.

Directed by Alex De Renzy, "Pretty Peaches 3" garnered much in the way of critical and popular acclaim when it was first released back in 1989. Now, over a decade later, the video holds up only middlingly well despite it's "classic' status. I am not at all sure if today's "XXX-Generation" (those who maintain a steady diet of Max Hardcore and Sodomania) videos will have the patience for it. Shot on film, the DVD is much sharper and has better colors than its original VHS incarnation. For an old-timer like me, it was great to see actresses like Rachel Ryan, Victoria Paris, Tianna and Keisha back in action, although their best work has yet to hit DVD.The movie follows Keisha "on a quest for spritual enlightenment," but her encounters are more physical than anything else. Despite the fashion period of that time, Keisha looks great in just about every scene she's in. However, for whatever reason, Director De Renzy has chosen to mute her sexual performance and the results are disappointing.

Pretty Peaches 3 (1989) Studio: VCA Directed by: Alex deRenzy Starring: Keisha, Lynn LeMay, Tracey Adams, Rachel Ryan, Victoria Paris, Priscilla Love, Tami Monroe, Vicki Blair, Tianna, Jamie Gillis, Marc Wallice, Eric Price, Gene Carrera, Jon Martin, Jack Baker (non-sex), and Richard Pacheco (non-sex) Running Time: 1:30 Format: Single Sided, Single Layer DVD Features: Full motion video chapter selection menu and 21-picture photo gallery The First Word: Pretty Peaches 3 is a good plot-driven, couples-oriented film from an era that didn't have very many good stories you could watch with your partner, especially ones with high production values and that were shot on film instead of video. Plot Synopsis: This movie is the story of Peaches, a young and naive virgin, trying to find answers to her confusing emotions. The film begins with Peaches (Keisha) and her friend, Sandy (Lynn LeMay), talking about Sandy's experience of letting a guy look at her "under the sheets." After Peaches' mom (Tracey Adams) runs them off to bed, Peaches has a dream of Sandy's experience.

When the biggest flaw in a porno is really bad hair you know it has to be good. And when a pornos opening scene takes place in a trailer park you know its going to be funny. This movie covered everything from humor to sensuality to orgasmic spirituality. OK theres not really anything spiritual going on, but Peaches (Keishas) spiritual quest definitely gets her some libidinal bounty.Peaches, the wonderfully innocent trailer park girl begins her journey at the ravenous Dr Thunderpussys office, where she gets feverously fingered by the good doctor (who then pleases herself with a blowup doll in the backroom.) Dr Thunderpussy is an 80s styled clit reader who sets Peaches up to get taken advantage of by every kind of charlatan, religious or otherwise.Peaches quest takes her from a retreat where three pretty blondes have too much fun with each other, to a really bad Jimmy Swaggart whose partner bows before him when he tells her to start praying, to a class on polarity which is nothing more than a lot of hot sex.

Clocking in at 2 hours and 16 minutes this feature is way too long. The story line, for a porno anyway, is way way way too complicated. It is a nice idea to be thorough but does anyone really care about the true history of the sorority, and the meaning of its Cajun roots and legacies? And what the hell is this time warp thing at the end with Jill Kelly's only dialogue in the film? But I do like the witty intelligence thrown in - especially the music references to Warren Zevon and "Lawyers, Guns, and Money" and Van Morrison's "Tupelo Honey" (those are a few topics I never thought I would encounter in erotic cinema reviews). Oh and the sex --- pretty good stuff - but too many blondes. The standouts are Gere, Ireland, Ashton, and Serenity though the bulk of the picture seems to belong to LaVeaux. Houston's hair was terrible but she gave a good fuck and I can't complain if Stacy Valentine is one of the blondes (though her makeup was terrible). The individual sex scenes are very good but of course the highlight is the huge virtually all girl orgy at the end.

The Plot: As you can tell from the title, this is part three of a series. I really wish I'd seen the first two. I might know a bit more where these people were coming from. I dropped this happy disk into my DVD player, expecting a fairly brainless ho-hum, low budget porn flick. I should have paid more attention. Two clues went right by me until I watched the opening credits. Clue number one: This is VCA putting out this DVD, so they have the talent. Clue number two: Executive producer is Antonio Passolini. Aha! As far as I can gather, the Upsilon Sigma Sorority has apparently been using voodoo rituals to kidnap fraternity guys to use them for breeding purposes. The girls stay young and fresh through depraved rituals, and use the guys for stud service whenever they feel the need or want children. I don't really see the problem, but I suppose the guys don't like being kept around and screwed silly every now and then. Whatever. Anyhow, our movie starts with the capture of the latest recruit for stud service.

The Top 25 Adult Stars of All Time Directed by Various Running time (approx): 240mins I think there is a very good reason why many hold the classic era of porn (70s, 80s) in such high regard. For me when I first saw films like this, they were normally passed to me on very low quality VHS, sometimes with no sound, or a picture so bad it was almost unwatchable. Porn back then was the holy grail. It was next to impossible to widely obtain (at least here in the UK) and just seeing real sex was amazing. Now it is different. Hardcore for one, is legal in the UK. Porn is now on DVD and the picture quality is never an issue (at least by no means the issue it was) and also, such beautiful women are ready and willing to shed their inhibitions for your viewing enjoyment. It is a different world now, and for me I have come to the realisation that yes, porn in the past was special because it was so forbidden and unobtainable but porn now is in a different league.